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Reminds me of that recent story about the outdoorsman who amputated his
own arm because it was stuck, so to speak, between a big rock and a hard
place.

It stuck in my mind, because if it had been me in that situation, I was
sure the boulder would have rolled harmlessly away two seconds after I
finished the amputation.

Well, there is another part of that story that didn't make the
mainstream news. That bolder also caught his groin. Due to the extreme
pain in his hand, he was brissfully unaware of the other damage.

--
Frank Reid
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Reminds me of that recent story about the outdoorsman who amputated his
own arm because it was stuck, so to speak, between a big rock and a hard
place.

It stuck in my mind, because if it had been me in that situation, I was
sure the boulder would have rolled harmlessly away two seconds after I
finished the amputation.

Well, there is another part of that story that didn't make the
mainstream news. That bolder also caught his groin. Due to the extreme
pain in his hand, he was brissfully unaware of the other damage.

--
Frank Reid
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"-- Rob" wrote ...
(though in this
particular case the cell phone would have been much more handy) when
stepping
on what I thought was the bank, only to find it was a blowdown covered in
leaves. My leg went down into the fork of the blowndown tree, and I nearly
broke/fractured my leg


Phoning for help is for whiney crybabies, and propably unethical. Proper
streamside etiquette for a badly fractured and punctured leg, with foot
wedged and stuck is as follows:

1. Use belt for tourniquet
2. Amputate stuck foot with pocket knife
3. Cauterize stump with cigarette lighter
4. Take good slug of Scotch to sterilize wound from the inside
5. Hobble out of the wilderness using fly rod for cane
6. As horrified onlookers rush up, refuse medical treatment saying, "Ahh,
I've had worse."

Hope this helps

Timothy Juvenal

SPLORK!

-- Rob
But... don't they use cane for fly rods?